Is there anything better than a frozen drink on a hot sunny day while lounging at the pool?
It just screams: SUMMER!
But did you ever read the label on some of those drink mixes (high fructose corn syrup, yellow 5, blue 1, etc.) Yuck!
I think I found my dietitian mission: to create a healthy, great-tasting frozen cocktail without all the unnecessary artificial colors, flavors and sugar. It’s a tough job but someone has to do it…
Summertime is the perfect time to enjoy blueberries, strawberries, peaches and mangos, but sometimes you just can’t finish what you bought at the store or farmer’s market. For years, I’ve been freezing my leftover fresh fruit to use in yogurt smoothies, but until recently, I never tried using frozen fruit in my cocktails and I am so glad I did.
To freeze your own fruit, make sure to wash thoroughly and then pat dry the excess water with a paper towel. If it has a peel like peaches, remove the skin and slice into wedges. Lay on a flat surface for about an hour then put into a tightly sealed Ziploc bag and save in your freezer until you are ready to use.
When my favorite fresh fruit is out of stock or out of season, I run over to the frozen food aisle. Frozen fruit is packed at the peak of freshness and retains more nutrients than many of those fruits sitting around the fresh fruit aisle.
Who knew a Strawberry Daiquiri can be (a little) good for you?
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Whether you start fresh or frozen, your favorite drink is never more than a blender away. In moderation, alcohol can lower your risk of heart disease and diabetes and many of your favorite fruits like kiwi, blueberry, raspberry and strawberry are rich in antioxidants and other important nutrients.
The best part of a frozen cocktail is they take longer to drink and provide natural fiber from the fruit that will fill you up and keep you from overeating and over-drinking your calories. So reach out and grab that bottle of rum gathering dust in your liquor cabinet and start trying some of these delicious fresh fruit cocktail recipes. Be mindful about the sugar, if the fruit is really good you shouldn’t need any added sugar at all.
Frozen Margarita’s
I have always loved pina coladas.
margaritas just a plain one. However the best tip I ever found was to add a shot of brandy to it. Really enriches the taste.
Thanks for the chance. I have been wanting to grow mushrooms for years.
Frozen Margarita sounds good.
Razzberries, blackberries, blueberries (all heated, then cooled and frozen) added to rum and a slash of ginger ale. Oh no, now I need to go make one!
I like frozen strawberry margaritas with REAL strawberries!
Mojito’s for everyone!!
mango margarita
pina colada
I love fuzzy navels.
I think id have a margarita! .. or a pina colada… or … a daquiri!? yes, all of them please.
I like Strawberry Daiquiris!
pina colodas of course!
I like Pina Colada’s
a peach margarita!
My favorite is frozen margarita.
Margarita!
strawberry peach daiquiri. mhum that’s the best
Frozen Mojito, yummmm!!!!!!!!!!
pina colada the best
My husband’s favorite from New Orleans: Vanilla ice cream, bourbon, vanilla bean & nutmeg all frapped together ~~with or without whipped cream~~ and a fresh cherry on top! I enjoy any fruit combo muddled together with lotsa limes & a little mint shaken with vodka, of course. Strain it if you care to or enjoy the real fruit bits!
I Love Strawberry /Peach Daiquiri
A peach dacquiri is my favorite frozen cocktail.
OK, everyone is sayin it so it must be true….Pina Coladas are the best!!!
I love traditional margaritas with a very salty rim.
My favorite frozen cocktail is a margarita.
My favorite frozen cocktail is easy, nutritious, and it has the kick of an ounce of alcohol! Grin.
1 med. banana
1 cup apple juice
1 cup frozen fruit (my favorite is blackberries)
1 oz. rum
1 cup ice
blend and serve!
Peach belini use frozen peaches and add sparkling wine, add some sweetner (sugar/splenda blend ) puree in blender til smoothie consistancy may add ice if necessary
Shalom!
I really enjoy the taste of pina coladas. The ingredients make a delicious and very yummy drink.
My favorite margarita in the whole wide world is one that I first had at the southermost part of the USA – A BLUE MARGARITA.
Recipe follows:
1 teaspoon coarse salt
4 ounces Tequilla
2 ounces Triple Sec
2 ounces freshly-squeezed lime juice
2 ounces blue Curacaco
2 teaspoons superfine sugar
2 (1/4-inch) slices star fruit for garnish (optional)
1 lime, cut into wedges
Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice.
Place Tequilla, Triple Sec, lime juice, blue Curacaco, and sugar in the shaker; shake hard for 30 seconds.
Serve in Margarita Glasses with coarse salt or Margarita Salt on the rims of the glasses. Strain the Blue Margarita into the glasses. Garnish each with a slice of star fruit or a lime wedge.
NOTE: To create a salt-rimmed glass, take a lemon or lime wedge and rub the drinking surface of the glass so it is barely moist. Dip the edge of the glass into coarse or Kosher salt.
This drink will always have you believing that you are sitting by the ocean, listening to the waves roll in, even if you live in a place like Tucson, Arizona like me!!
Love a frozed strawberry margarita!
Favorite drink is a Pomegranate Margarita.
Ice, tequila, triple sec, Pom juice and lime
Mango Daiquiris. Yum!
Frozen Strawberry Marg!!
My favorite frozen cocktail is the Frozen Prickly Pear Margarita!
Frozen bourbon slushies!!
A peach schnapps smoothie:
1 banana
1/2 cup yogurt
12 slices frozen peaches
packets of sweetener to taste (2-4)
2 shots peach (or other) flavored liquor
1 or 2 shots rum or vodka (optional)
ice, if needed (may not if peaches & banana are frozen)
blend vigorously, as the peaches tend to get stuck. Makes two tall glasses or four short ones.
My favorite frozen cocktail is a frozen margarita.
Pina colada hands down. Nothing says summer like a tall pina colada with a tiny umbrella. Of course, a strawberry daquiri comes in a close second…
My favorite summer cocktail is made in batches for a crowd and always makes the party
Devils Margarita!
12 oz frozen limeade (sugar free is fine)
12 oz of beer or ginger ale
12 oz tequilla
add some honey or agave nectar if it is too tart.
Enjoy
pour cran rasberry juice in ice cube tray. blend with bacardi
My favorite is a mudslide but while I’m trying to save calories it’s a strawberry margerita.
Can’t wait to try one of these recipes- isn’t summer great
frozen margarita!
frozen Bay Breeze: frozen pineapple, cranberry juice, and coconut rum!
I keep working on perfecting the frozen daiquiri – Can’t say I’m having much success (especially since I don’t follow a recipe) but I AM having fun trying!
I enjoy frozen margaritas and can’t wait to try the mango variation. I’m also thinking of experimenting with pomegranate too. I love the flavor, and making it frozen would be extra refreshing!
Pina Colada, I love the drink and the song too!
No alcohol, but an orange-banana smoothie with a sprig of mint really hits the spot.
My favorite frozen drink is a frozen iced coffee. Just make your regular iced coffee drink & add 2 to 3 shots of Bailey’s Irish Creme..depending on how strong you want it. Then just add your ice & blend. You can even add sweetened condensed milk to thicken the drink.
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